The Latest Breaking News from Chicago

In the year of a receding pandemic, many routines returned to normal, but there still were hot topics galore to cover.

Former Ald. Ed Burke’s conviction should serve as a stark reminder that politics as usual in the Windy City is not a relic.

Organizers focus on second-most popular shopping day in cities including New York, Chicago and Los Angeles

Midway had 195 canceled flights Sunday. For some, it was a reminder of last year’s travel jam that was blamed on bad weather, and Southwest’s technology and staffing issues.

Chicago police were conducting a death investigation after a man, whose age was unknown, was found just after 11 p.m. in the 5800 block of West Belmont Avenue.

About 10:45 p.m., the man, 40, and another person were arguing on the mezzanine level at the Garfield station in the 200 block of West Garfield Boulevard when the man took out a knife and was shot in the right shoulder, Chicago police said.

Recent immigrants from Venezuela, Angola and Haiti say they are happy to be in Chicago as they attempt to build their lives here but miss their relatives back home. Many are planning to celebrate by maintaining holiday traditions like eating hallacas — Venezuelan tamales — and cachupa — an Angolan…

A simple hello can help people — whether you know them or not — through stressful, dark and frustrating times.

This is story of Mary, Joe and their newborn in Chicago on Christmas, as written by the late Mike Royko in 1966.